For our seventh year, we performed at Buddha’s Day and Multicultural Festival on the main stage at Federation Square. It was an epic show with all djembe students, dundun dance and two African dance classes performing together.
African drumming
Camp Samatou photos
Our biggest event of the year, Camp Samatou is held 1.5h from Melbourne in November. This year was extra special with three Bangouras from Guinea – Mohamed, Sibo and Seny (all the way from Italy!) We also had Lam Lakiz (Congo), Jean Marc Agbogba (Cote d’Ivoire) and support drummers Odai Affotey and Emmanuel Aryeetey (Ghana).
Pipeworks student performance
Dance, dundun dance and intermediate djembe students will have the opportunity to perform at this awesome event.
Sunday 16th July
Student performance night
Come and see what our drum and dance students have been up to!
6.30pm Friday 26th May
@ Oxygen Youth Space – 4/8 Gaffney st Coburg
Eaglemont Village pics
On 26th Feb, African drum and dance students plus the amazing Sweet Mamas graced the Eaglemont Village markets with some incredible performances. The smiles say it all!
Student show at Footscray Night markets
To see out the end of 2022, all our drum, dance and dundun dance students performed a combined choreography at the Footscray Night Markets.
Student performance opportunity
All drum, dance and dundun dance students are invited to perform at the Footscray Night Markets on Thursday 16th December. Join any class to get involved!
Student performance night – photos
At the end of the last block of classes, we held an event to showcase our drum and dance pieces, and also to farewell our dear friend Amelie who has been dancing with us for 6 years and is now moving back to her home town in France.
Student performance – African festival 29th May
Melbourne Djembe drum, dance and dundun dance students are invited to perform at this year’s African Festival at Queen Victoria market.
Xmas Party 2021 photos
We celebrated the end of a difficult year by bringing in the positive vibes – namely Mohamed Bangoura, Lam Lakiz, Bouba Gaye and support crew Emmanuel Aryeetey, Fred Nii Addo and and Dan Hammond.
